Washington panchang, 14 October 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 11:30 Ashwin month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 10:05
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:53 – 14:17
- 11:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:29 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:43
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 11:09
- Karana Vishti until 15:43, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:17
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:35 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 21:03
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:17 – 18:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 18:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 18:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:05 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 12:53 | Good |
| Rog | 12:53 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:17 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Char | 15:41 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:42 – 23:18 | Good |
| Char | 23:18 – 00:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:54 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:06 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:18 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:36 Virgo
- 07:36 – 10:06 Libra
- 10:06 – 12:31 Scorpio
- 12:31 – 14:32 Sagittarius
- 14:32 – 16:05 Capricorn
- 16:05 – 17:20 Aquarius
- 17:20 – 18:33 Pisces
- 18:33 – 19:57 Aries
- 19:57 – 21:47 Taurus
- 21:47 – 00:04 next day Gemini
- 00:04 – 02:34 next day Cancer
- 02:34 – 05:03 next day Leo
- 05:03 – 07:18 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EDT (UTC-4) · Method